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Missing Persons is an American band that plays a blend of new wave and hard rock. The band was founded in 1980 in Los Angeles by guitarist Warren Cuccurullo, vocalist Dale Bozzio, and drummer Terry Bozzio. They later added bassist Patrick O'Hearn and keyboardist Chuck Wild. Dale's quirky voice and heavy makeup made the band a favorite on MTV in the early 1980s. Her revealing outfits played a pivotal role in moving the culture of music videos towards that of overt sexual exhibitionism.〔(Perfect Sound Forever: The early, innocent (?) days of MTV para 29 Controversy as Commerce to end of article )〕 Dale and Terry Bozzio met while working with Frank Zappa, and they married in 1979.〔Deirdre Donahue (“They May Be Missing Persons, but Terry and Dale Bozzio Have Found Each Other” ). ‘’People Magazine’’ Vol. 22 No. 22 November 26, 1984 para. 11〕 Cuccurullo encountered the pair while contributing to the Zappa album ''Joe's Garage''. O'Hearn was also a former member of Zappa's touring band, and Wild had played with a variety of bands before joining. ==Early success== In 1980 the band made its first record, a 4-song EP entitled ''Missing Persons'', in Zappa's brand-new Utility Muffin Research Kitchen studios; the recording was financed by Cuccurullo's father. The band toured, promoted the EP, appeared in the movie ''Lunch Wagon'', and became a must-see band among the Los Angeles live music crowd. "Mental Hopscotch" was a No. 1 record on local radio station KROQ-FM, and the self-promoted EP sold 7,000 copies. Two years of hard work led up to a signing with Capitol Records in 1982. With label support, the re-released EP sold another 250,000 units, and the new full-length album ''Spring Session M'' (an anagram of "Missing Persons") went gold. The singles "Mental Hopscotch", "Surrender Your Heart" (1984), "Destination Unknown," "Words," "Walking in L.A.," and "Windows" met with varying success, especially in the local markets of Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. The visual effects used in the music video for "Words" were unusual for the time, making it popular on the fledgling cable TV channel MTV. Missing Persons appeared at a three-day Southern California concert known as the US Festival, Monday, May 30, 1983, along with Berlin, David Bowie, The Pretenders, U2, Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul, Quarterflash, Joe Walsh, Los Lobos (Side Stage Only), and Stevie Nicks. Although the band gained new attention by heavy play on MTV and FM rock-radio with the striking music video for "Surrender Your Heart" that was designed by Peter Max, the experimental album ''Rhyme & Reason'' (1984) was not a great success, and Capitol was not happy about the direction the band was taking. The band followed up with the more conventional ''Color In Your Life'' in June 1986, but during the short-lived promotional tour, increasing tensions between Terry and Dale Bozzio led to the end of the tour, the couple's marriage, and the band. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Missing Persons (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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